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The in-school push to fight misinformation from the outside world

The Hechinger Report

There’s limited research on how best to teach students to interpret information they come across online, however, said Wineburg. We’re teaching web credibility as if it’s 2002,” he said. He’s critical of programs that he says encourage student to “play 20 questions” by carefully examining all facets of a website.

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Live Interview Thursday Sept. 29th on "iPads in the Classroom--a Success Story"

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

As State Director of Educational Technology and Data Coordination at the Michigan Department of Education (MDE), Bruce Umpstead is responsible for implementing Michigan''s online learning graduation requirement and the State Educational Technology Plan. Her first teaching job was a kindergarten position in Phoenix, Arizona.

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